On July 2, after a stay in Pune – the Sant Dnyaneshwar palkhi at Palkhi Vithoba temple and the Sant Tukaram palkhi at Nivdunga Vithal temple – the processions will leave for Pandharpur.

Groups of pilgrims from Maharashtra, Karnataka, Gujarat, Goa, and other states have reached the temple of Lord Vithal ... kilometres to Pandharpur with a palkhi or palanquin carrying the padukas ...